Joost Posthuma

Joost Posthuma

Posthuma at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk.
Personal information
Full name	Joost Posthuma
Born	March 8, 1981 Hengelo, the Netherlands
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2004–2010	Rabobank
2011–2012	Leopard Trek
Major wins
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (2005) Sachsen Tour (2007) Paris–Nice, 1 stage Three Days of De Panne (2008) Tour de Luxembourg (2008)
Infobox last updated on 11 January 2013

Joost Posthuma (born 8 March 1981) is a Dutch retired professional road bicycle racer,^[1] who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2012. Born in Hengelo, Posthuma was known for his time-trialling and he wore the white jersey for the best young rider at the 2006 Tour de France. Posthuma set the best time for riders eligible for the young rider classification in the prologue, but lost it after the 1st road stage, after a rival got in a breakaway and got bonus seconds on the road.

Major results

2003

1st Overall Olympia's Tour

1st Prologue Tour de Normandie

1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23

2004

1st Overall Circuit des Mines

1st Stage 8

2005

1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice

2006

6th Overall Eneco Tour of Benelux

1st Ridderronde Maastricht

2007

2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne

1st Overall Sachsen Tour

1st Stage 4 (ITT)

2008

1st Overall Three Days of De Panne

1st Stage 3B (ITT)

1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg

2009

1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

2010

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria

2011

9th Overall Tour of Britain

2012

8th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt

References

1. "Joost Posthuma can't find team for 2013, announces retirement". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

External links

• Official Website (in Dutch)
• Profile on Rabobank official website
• Joost Posthuma at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)